Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“VANCK”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Menen · since 1985
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Destelbergen · since 1987
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Gent · since 1993
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Office administrative and support services · Kruisem · since 1992
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Other building finishing work · Buggenhout · since 1993
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Waregem · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 1998
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Aalst · since 1998
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2003
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Ardooie · since 2018
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herselt · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 2011
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Activities of building architects · since 2007
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SCHIPHOL-RIJK · since 1994
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Ecaussinnes · since 2023
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Menen · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · Lebbeke · since 2026
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Liège · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2011
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Oostkamp · since 1995
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2013
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Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · Chaudfontaine · since 1976
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Mixed farming · Berlare · since 2010
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Joinery installation · Lochristi · since 2008
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Abbreviation of BMIne · Verhuur en lease van luchtvaartuigen · Gent · since 1986
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Steenokkerzeel · since 1992
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Development of residential building projects · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Willighe Vanckenis · Leuven · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Geraardsbergen · since 2000
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Operation of fairground attractions · As · since 2017
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Development of non-residential building projects · Oudergem · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van hoeden en petten · Diksmuide · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Bredene · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Wielsbeke · since 2008
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Pig breeding farms · Houthulst · since 2010
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Oostkamp · since 2011
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Risk and damage evaluation · Lier · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2005
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Landscape service activities · Haacht · since 2005
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Other business support services · Izegem · since 2024
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Charleroi · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2003
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2010
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Pajottegem · since 1992
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2007